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H. H. ,WELLS.

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APPLICATION FILED 1u|.v 10. I916.

Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

' n A o HARVEY W LLS, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.-

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T0 all whom it'mag concern:

Be it known thatI HARvn'Y H. lVELLs,"

citizen of the United States, residing at .Ghi-

cago, in the county of Cook and State of;

Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inPackages, of which; the following 1s a fulhclear, concise, andexactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification.

My invention relates to a box employing j body and cover portions thatare in telescoping relation and resides in the novel disposition of atying or binding string for holding the cover and body portions of thebox in close. assembly or closed relation, the string bcing threaded orweaved through two opposite sides and the top of the cover, crossedbeneath the bottom of the body, and passed from its place ofcrossingbeneath the bottom of the box body over the remaining sides and top ofthe cover and through a loop formed upon the'exterior of the box coverin the portion of the string that is threaded or weaved through thetopof the box cover. This loop on the top of-the box cover and thecrossing in the string on the bottom of the box body cooperate toprevent the portion of the string that passes through said loop frombeing slipped endwise, over the box, assuming that the ends of thestring have been suitably. fastened together as b means of a knot orseal, or both.

I will explain my invention more fully by reference to the accompanyingdrawing showing the preferred embodiment thereof and in which Figures 1and 2 are perspective views of a box tied with string in ac cordancewith my invention and looking respectively toward the top and bottom ofthe box; Fig. 3 is a view on line 33 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4: is a view online 4 4of Fig. 1.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughoutthe different figures.

In the telescoping box shown the telescoping body and cover portions areof substantially the'same depth or'height but the invention is not to belimited to a box having these characteristics. The top 1 of the coverhas two openings 2 and? which are respectively adjacent the cover sides4: and-5, in which latter portions of the box cover openings 6 and 7 areprovided, desirably near the bottom edges of these sides. String 8 isweaved through these openings in these side 1 Specification of LettersPatent.

' aenedret. 20, 1917.

Application filed July 10, 1916. Serial No. 108,366.

and top portions of the box cover, the string passing over thefcornersof the box cover that are formed by'the top 1 and sides 4 and 5. Inaddition to the openings2 and 3 in the .top 1 -o'f the box, cover, thereare also provided-a pair of collocated openings 9" and 10 through whichthe string passes from beneath thetop of the cover to the exterior'OfthB box cover to form aloop 11. When the box cover and body areassembled telescoping relation the string 8 is continued from theopenings 6 and 7 along the exterior surface of the bottom of the boxbody, the string being crossed beneaththebottom of the box body toforminterengaging loops 7 whose bights 12 and 13 are interenga'ged, the vends of the string being continued across the bottom of the box body andover the 'remaining two sides of the box cover and across the top of thebox cover transversely to the direction in which the string is weavedthrough 7 this top and through the loopformed in the string above thetop of the boxcover, whereafter the ends of the string are tied orfastened together as by means of a knot 14:. -A seal 15 may. also beapplied to the tied ends of the string toguard the 1 string. from beinguntied. The string which is passed over the top 'of 'the box covertransverselyto the direction of the portion of the string that is weavedthrough the top of the-cover is passed through the loop 11 to bedisposed between the portion of the string forming this loop and the topof the box cover. The interengaging-bights 12 and 13 and the loop 11cooperate to prevent the portion of the string which is passed aroundthe box and through the loop 11 from being slipped endwise over the box.

Having thus described my. invention I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent the following:

The combination with a box formed of telescoping .body and coverportions, there being an opening in the top of the cover adjacent eachof two opposite sides of the cover and two other andcollooated openingsbeopenings and upon the exterior of'the' cover these-cover sides beingcrossedto form loops having interengaging bights, the ends of the stringbeing continued across the bottom of the box body and over the remainingtwo sides of the box cover and across the top of the box covertransversely to the direction in which the string is threaded throughthe top of the box cover, the string passing also I throughtheaforesaidloop that is formed in the string between the aforesaid collocatedopenings, the ends of the string being fastened together, the aforesaidinterengaging bights-in the loops of the string beneath the bottom ofthe box body and the loop in the string between the collocated openingsin the top of the box cover cooperating to preventfthe portion of thestring that passes around the box through this loop from being slippedoff the box.

.In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe 'my name this third day ofJuly A. D. 1916.

HARVEY H. WELLS. Witnesses:

' G. L. CRAGG,

ETTA L. WHITE.

7 I Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

